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Sending the Card
Today is Valentine’s Day. As a child, I rather dreaded this day as would have to laboriously write 30 names of my fellow students on their cards. I did however cherish the cards I received in return...
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Time to Spin
Today is January 7 and this day is known as Distaff day. Other than my friend Julia Cooper, I doubt very many of you will celebrate this day in its traditional way. Today is the day we leave the...
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A home at HIStalk
Early in the morning of Monday, April 13, I walked across the McCormick Center in Chicago. I headed toward the exhibition floor. I had an exhibitor’s pass, so even at that early hour I was allowed...
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#Cinderblocks2: Our agenda as it grows in real time.
Cinderblocks2 June 4-6, 2015 Grantsville: Our agenda as it grows in real time. “Light yourself on fire with passion and people will come from miles to watch you burn.” ~John Wesley(This agenda will...
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Let Freedom Ring
This winter was hard for me. Winter always is. In my mind, I walk through yesteryears and live through the months I lost my husband Fred. I had a bad cough in January and February just like I had in...
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Last Day to Comment on Stage 2 Meaningful Use
It is the last day for comment on Stage 2 Meaningful Use! Here is mine if you need inspiration:"On July 13, 2010 I shared the stage with Kathleen Sebelius, then Secretary of Health and Human Services,...
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The Web We Weave
On January 29th, 2014 I was honored to present at the 1st Health Informatics Tri-State Summit on the campus of the University of Southern Indiana in Evansville. The room was filled with energetic...
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Regrounding
When I painted Lori Marx-Rubiner’s jacket the lights were flickering in the high winter winds. My eldest son complained about the constant loss of WIFI. I called a Comcast technician and continued to...
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I have read many books focused on patient advocacy and one of my favorites is “For the Love of Scott” by Jo Hamilton. She gave this book to me a year before I painted her jacket story. I read the book...
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Hope
This was the third time I circled the perimeter of the College of New Jersey looking for the visitor parking lot. Most of the parking lots were an expanse of ice and snow on February 19th. I gave up...
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Dandelions and Micro Galleries
When I was a small child I would watch my grandpa walk endlessly in our back yard with his dandelion pruning fork. He would move from flower to flower lopping off the blossoms in an endless futile...
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The Paintings of The Medical Advocacy Mural Project: 2009-2015
I began my advocacy mission in 2009 inspired by my husband Fred Holliday II and our fight for patient data access while he was continuously hospitalized at five facilities in eleven weeks. I started...
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The Walking Gallery: Year 5
This is the fifth year of the Walking Gallery of Healthcare. We now number over 350 members walking around the world with patient story paintings on our backs. This "walking wall" is changing minds...
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How do you join The Walking Gallery?
If you are interested in joining the Walking Gallery here is the info:Here is a short film about the movement: http://vimeo.com/80009527Read:...
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HIMSS 2016 hosted by Xerox HealthCare
In the spring of 2009, I was helping students at four different schools in Washington, DC complete class projects for their respective school auctions. One of the most popular class creations was a...
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Cinderblocks 3 is coming!!!
Cinderblocks 3: The Partnership with Patients Continues is an art and medical conference that will be held in Grantsville, MD at Penn Alps Resturant and Little Crossings by The Cornucopia Café May...
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Cinderblocks 3: Agenda
(This page is always improving with new information as I have it. So please check back for updates!)Cinderblocks 3: The Partnership with Patients Continues is an art and medical conference that will...
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The Walking Gallery Year 6
This is the sixth year of the Walking Gallery of Healthcare. We now number over 300 members walking around the world with patient story paintings on our backs. We are attending medical conferences...
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How to make a tire planter
This is a medical advocacy blog. So some of you may wonder what does tire planters have to do with healthcare?This summer in Grantsville, MD, colorfully painted tire planters edged the side of Route 40...
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The First to Fall
On August 10, I was so excited to share that we had reached another milestone in the Walking Gallery. Five years into our patient rights movement we had reached 400 members! I even shared the...
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